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Those Millions on Facebook? Some May Not Actually Visit — On the first page of Facebook's prospectus for its sale of stock to the public, it pegs the number of its “monthly active users” at a whopping 845 million people. The social networking site arrives at an even more astounding number …

Rogers, BCE vying for a bite of Apple's iTV — Canada's largest telecommunications companies are squaring off in a fight about the future of television. — Rogers Communications Inc. RCI.B-T and BCE Inc. BCE-T are in talks with Apple Inc. AAPL-Q to become Canadian launch partners …

Amazon S3 Price Reduction — As you can tell from my recent post on Amazon S3 Growth for 2011, our customers are uploading new objects to Amazon S3 at an incredible rate. We continue to innovate on your behalf to drive down storage costs and pass along the resultant savings to you at every possible opportunity.

IPad 3: Predictions and Challenges From iFixit — Kyle Wiens of iFixit, a Web site that provides free repair manuals and advice forums, has been a reliable prognosticator of everything Apple. With the next iPad expected to come out in March, Wiens recently gazed into his crystal ball.

New High-DPI UI Resources in 10.7.3 — Have you noticed that Safari's hovering-over-a-link pointing-finger cursor looks a little different in Mac OS X 10.7.3? It's not just that the finger is at a slightly different angle — it's a new UI resource that scales gracefully to larger sizes.

HUD Google Glasses are real and they are coming soon — We detailed the first information about the Google [x] Glasses project in December. … Since then, we have learned much more regarding Google's glasses... Our tipster has now seen a prototype and said it looks something like Oakley Thumps (below).

What's your X? Amplifying technology moonshots — Last week, we ran an experiment. We hosted a gathering, called “Solve for X,” for experienced entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists from around the world. The event focused on proposing and discussing technological solutions to some of the world's greatest problems.

Samsung reduces its LTE chip cost by half — For every new iteration of mobile phones, it's easy to assume that products are getting pricier because the insides are getting just as expensive. — A sample picture of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus' baseband chip.

Picture Dims for Japanese Electronics — Over a span of three days last week, a trifecta of Japan's most-celebrated electronics companies—Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and Panasonic Corp.—gave up hope for an annual profit, projecting combined losses of nearly $17 billion for the March-ending fiscal year.

Commentary: Is the Open Web Doomed? Open Your Eyes and Relax — We asked veteran technology writer and investor Esther Dyson, a longtime friend of Personal Democracy, for her thoughts on a current controversy: is the open web dying? —The Editors — I'm wading into an argument that I think may be overblown.